The Sky is Falling In Big "D"

Super Bowl XXX

 

The Sky Is Falling in Big "D" 

by Brady Parker

The season began with with high expectations for the Cowboys and for the fans. Jason Garrett would began his 1st year as the Cowboys eighth head coach in Cowboy History. Garrett follows Wade Phillips as Wade was fired mid-season last year. Jason Garrett will attempt to do what only three head coaches have done, and that is to return a 6th Lombardi trophy back to Dallas. Something the fans in big "D"  are growing increasing impatient over. Dallas last Super bowl win was in Sun Devil Stadium,  28  January, 1996, against the Cowboy's old nemesis, the Pittsburgh Steelers. Final Score Dallas 27   Pittsburgh 17.  Its seems like ages, and it has been, 15 long years ago. The fans are clamming to get back.  With that said, let's get started.  Since I am late getting this site open i will not get into the first 3 games, and just get started with the last game, and that game still stings, so very very much. So we here goes.  

Stay or Go!

So far this season, Tony is batting .500,  2 goats and 2 Hero's.  I have been and will continue to support Romo.  Why you ask? Simple, he gives us the best opportunity to win now. Now that may change next year. Which is solely dependent on how the Boy's finish the 2012 campaign. if by miracle, they finish say 14-2, highly highly doubtful or say they end up in the 11-5 10-6 range, Tony will continue to be QB in my opinion. Should they pull a total stinker and finish up at 4-12, or another 6-10, I believe Tony will be elsewhere.  By that I mean, old Jerry as much as he likes Tony, I believe he will attempt to move up via a trade and snatch Andrew Luck from Standford. That is only possible if the Cowboys finish towards the bottom. Thoughts were running high that the Redskins would fall flat and low enough to try and grab Luck. Washington is playing decent ball right now,  playing much better than most had anticipated. 

So far in the NFC east, the "DREAM TEAM EAGLES have laid the biggest egg, at 1-3. The plan to buy the Super Bowl, has not gone as planned in Philly.  However,  the Eagles can rip off 6 to 8 in a row just with the talent they have, so don't count out the Eagles at all.  As it stands now, Washington is sitting at 3-1, followed by the Giants at 3-1 the Cowboys at 2-2 and the Eagles at 1-3.  The Giants for some reason seem to start fast and fizzle late, this year, Eli Manning is playing much better than last year, taking care of the ball, and tossing only 2 int's so far. Last year little Manning lite up the Interceptions and tossed a hefty 25. If Romo does not straighten up, 25 might be a little low. I just can't see Romo tossing more than 13 to 15 int's. provided he remains healthy. This year, the Cowboys have not been anywhere near healthy, if they can ever get healthy, who knows, what kind of noise they can make. 

The Best

I am not making excuses for Tony.  Had I had any say so, I would have yanked Romo, let Kitna take the helm through the bye week. It gives Romo a chance to heal. You know the guy had to be in horrible pain. Getting knocked around like he has just has not allowed him to heal at all. Hopefully after the bye week, we will get back Miles Austin, and Dez Bryant, who has been playing hurt the whole season. 

Getting back on to the Lion game; as you know Romo has taken all of the heat for the collapse. Yes he is the QB, and ultimately is the one who pulls the trigger. What is Garrett's culpability in this fiasco?  Tons of it if you ask me; Garrett not only is the Head Coach, he is the O.C. as well. 

With the lead the Cowboys had going into the 3rd and 4th quarter Garrett should have been playing situational football and should have ran the ball. The running game was working better than normal.  If memory serves right on the first pick six, we were 3rd and 2 at our own end of the field,  why not just run the ball, if we get the 1st, great, if not you let McBriar punt, the Lions will then have to work their way back up the entire field in order to score. The Lions would have burned lots of time.  I do not understand. Could it be that since Garrett was a QB himself, he is thinking pass first, run second. I have no idea. All I know, is Romo is under fire again. For good reason, I just do not believe that he was totally at fault, some blame should go to Garrett as well. That is my opinion. 



 
Romo is not only good, he has the capability to be great. He just has to learn not to do what is doing, take care of the ball. He is a GREAT QB. for 3.5 quarters, then boom, something happens and well, you see the results. These are things that did not happen in the entire13-3 season, I mean until the playoff game.

SHOULD ROMO BE REPLACED?

I am not giving up on Romo this year. I believe he still gives us the best chance to win. What I do believe will happen is he might will become gun-shy with all the media and fan scrutiny.   By that I mean, In Romo trying to succeed, if will be thinking to much, instead of reacting to the play design. Just because Romo tosses an INT, does not mean it is all of his fault. The receiver, needs to run his assigned route; remember the Washington game, Romo was not only QB, he was coach, telling everyone where to line up.  The receivers were totally lost. Yet, Romo was the glue that held things together and pulled out the win, a game, which easily could have been a loss, was victory.  

With all of the screaming that has been going on by the Dallas fan base, my question is, who would you replace him with, right now? John Kitna? In my opinion, no he is an excellent backup, he is just not mobile enough and does not have the escape abilities that Romo does to make a play under duress. Ok, you say, McGee, again I say no, he still is just learning, I do not believe that McGee is a starter material right now, again he is slow. The only option then would be to trade Romo.......To who and for Who?  Who is out there, Carson Palmer, Cincy will not trade Carson in the first place.  The only opition I see is just to wait it out and try and draft a good young QB. I do not think the Cowboys will fall in the standings far enough to be able to grab Luck. We we do, you are still looking a 3 to 4 year learning curve. 

Our offensive line for the moment is still very suspect and needs fixing. Our defense, is just a few players away from being a great defense. Rob Ryan is ther real deal. The problem, it is a big one, do not expect Ryan to remain in Dallas more than 2 to 3 years max, he will be a head coach somewhere sooner than later. 

The new England Patriots are next in line for the Cowboys. This will take a mistake free football game by Dallas to leave New England with a "W".  I do believe the Cowboys can pull off an upset in this one, however it will be difficult. The defense will have to just be all over Tom Brady and keep him on his back. DeMarcus, the best in the business, will have to have a superior effort this game. Memarcus had a horrible game against the Lions, as did most of the tean. We will need Miles, back,  the Cowboys must have Dez healthier than ever, and the new discovery, the new number 3 receiver, Laurent Robinson, what an effort, he is really going to fit in well with the rest of the receivers. It will be nice for a change to see Miles Austin, Dez Bryant, 

Laurent Robinson and he ever present, best in the business tight end, Jason Witten on the field at the same time. We as fans can only hope for this sight. That sight is a hand full for any defense to handle if everything goes well. Hopefully all goes well for the Cowboys, and everyone will be healthy enough to play.

I really want to get into some other items of discussion, I will leave those for another day. I hope I to get some feedback on this site, and generate some new readers and TRUE COWBOY fans.

I have been a die hard Dallas fan sine 1962 or so. I do remember the Cowboys in 1960, but really getting into being a fan until 1962, when all I could really do was follow them on the radio.

Anyway I am looking forward to getting some feedback between everyone. 

Thanks and Go Cowboys